National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-1999-1593

Overview

Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connectivity loss) or steal credentials via a 1Ch registration that causes WINS to change the domain controller to point to a malicious server. NOTE: this problem may be limited when Windows 95/98 clients are used, or if the primary domain controller becomes unavailable.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: MISC

Name: https://www2.sans.org/reading_room/whitepapers/win2k/185.php

Hyperlink:https://www2.sans.org/reading_room/whitepapers/win2k/185.php

External Source: BID

Name: 2221

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2221

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20010119 Re: Invalid WINS entries

Hyperlink:http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jan/0298.html

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20010118 Re: Invalid WINS entries

Hyperlink:http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jan/0289.html

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20010117 Re: Invalid WINS entries

Hyperlink:http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jan/0276.html

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20010117 Re: Invalid WINS entries

Hyperlink:http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jan/0274.html

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20010118 Re: Invalid WINS entries

Hyperlink:http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jan/0271.html

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20010117 Re: Invalid WINS entries

Hyperlink:http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jan/0269.html

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20010117 Invalid WINS entries

Hyperlink:http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2001/Jan/0264.html

External Source: NTBUGTRAQ

Name: 19990302 NT Domain DoS and Security Exploit with SAMBA Server

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/1998-1999/msg00371.html